Location: Stryker Cemetery — Recorded: POLK0l, POLK02—Parsons; GNIS as Pluck location—NW of Corrigan. R. Peebles: “on FR 352 for 5 miles E of Corrigan at Pluck.” Polk Co Tx Cem/website: “This cemetery was established about 1878 for the Stryker Community. Mr. George H. Stryker had established a large lumber mill, town, church and school. ..cemetery named [for] George H. & Anna Stryker … from New Jersey. Location: At the intersection of U. S. Highway 59 and Farm Road 352 in Corrigan, Texas, go East on FM 352 for 4.7 miles to the Stryker Baptist Church. Turn left in front of church on a county paved road at the Stryker Cemetery sign and go 0.4 miles to the cemetery entrance. Many graves. Indexed, earliest about 1887.” GNIS at Wakefield. [Topo Zone mapBoth cems off Lunsford Road,very near Pluck, Tx. One appears rural, at end of a lane, oneis at intersection with FM 352 and with Purvis Rd.US Veteranss: WWI and WWII, KoreCSATHC site visit MB 2-05-05: Corrigan, Tx area. From US 59 jW on FM 352 for 4.9 miles, left a Y on Purvis Rd. Large formal site with picnic pavillion. Arched entryway, sign and flagpole with US flag. Formal markers include obelisks, commercial stones, some fieldstones, also some double markers on single graves. Scraped earth, white sand. Abundant floral grave materials, some decorative items. Photo enamels. GPS and NOTES PENDING3194-221Low risk endangerment, fenced, maintained, on map, on road, sign, still in use.
To address the problem of cemetery destruction and to record as many cemeteries as possible, the
Texas Historical Commission offers the Historic Texas Cemetery designation.
The Historic
Texas Cemetery designation was developed in 1998 to help protect historic cemeteries by
recording cemetery boundaries in county deed records to alert present and future owners of land adjacent
to the cemetery of its existence. Every county in Texas has at least one cemetery designated as a Historic
Texas Cemetery through this program. The HTC designation is the first step toward preservation of a historic cemetery.
A cemetery is eligible for designation if it is at least 50 years old and is deemed worthy of recognition
for its historical associations. The very nature of a cemetery being a landmark of a family’s or community’s
presence is considered to validate the criteria of historical associations. Any individual, organization, or
agency may submit a request for designation.